tci Part B Insider - 2017 Issue 3
Physician Notes: Manage Your Health IT Risk Or Face the Consequences, OCR Says
Plus: Meaningful Use is set to sail away forever, so attest while you can. Encryption continues to be the primary safeguard against HIPAA violations when mobile devices are lost in the field or breached in the office. Unfortunately, one healthcare organization recently found out what happens when you don’t keep your tools under lock and key. On February 1, 2017, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas was fined $3.2 million for HIPAA violations dating back to 2009 and 2013 from a lost BlackBerry in 2010 that impacted 3,800 individuals ePHI and an unencrypted laptop in 2013...
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